Modules for course P30F | BA/MSF
BA Media Studies [with Foundation Year]
These are the modules currently offered on this course in the 2021–22 academic year.
You can also view the modules offered in the year 2022–23.
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Year 0 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- KAH-0001: Essential Skills for Arts& Hum (20)
- KAH-0002: Arts, Humanities & the future (20)
- KAH-0003: Intro to Research & Inquiry (20)
Semester 2
20 to 40 credits from:
- QXL-0001: Intro to English Lit & Lang (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-0001: Digital Communication (20) (Semester 2) Core
Optional Modules
0 to 20 credits from:
- CXC-0001: Ysgrifennu Hyderus (20) (Semester 1 + 2)
- HPS-0001: Debating the disciplines (20) (Semester 2)
- LXE-0002: Transnational Cultures (10) (Semester 2)
- WXM-0002: Language of Music (20) (Semester 2)
- LXN-1001: Beginners' German (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1012: Beginners' Spanish (10) (Semester 1)
- LXN-1021: Beginners' French (10) (Semester 1)
Year 1 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
- UXS-1018: Creative Practice (20)
- UXS-1021: Intro to Studying Mass Culture (20)
- UXS-1062: Film Language (20)
Semester 2
Year 2 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- SXU-2002: Analys. Social & Political Deb (20) (Semester 2)
- SXY-2004: Crime & the Media (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-2005: Transformative Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- SXY-2008: Digital Policing and E-Crime (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- LXS-2033: The Cinema of Spain (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2038: Journalism & Risk Society (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2052: Radio: Theory and Practice (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2055: Privacy and the Media (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2057: Documentary Filmmaking (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2059: Understanding Documentary (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-2062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2064: Film Theory (20) (Semester 2)
- SXL-2130: Media Law (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-2401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1)
- ASB-2517: Marketing Communication (20) (Semester 1)
- Some modules may be subject to pre-requisites, please check module page for further information.
Year 3 Modules
Compulsory Modules
Semester 1
Semester 2
40 credits from:
- UXB-3900: Research Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3901: Creative Practice Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
- UXB-3902: Enterprise Dissertation (40) (Semester 1 + 2)
Optional Modules
40 credits from:
- QXP-3008: Cross-Cultural Writing (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-3012: Writing and Environments (20) (Semester 1)
- QXP-3025: Fantastic Fictions (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3025: Stanley Kubrick: Auteur (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3036: E-Publishing (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3050: Race & Gender (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3052: Advanced Radio Practice (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3062: Film Distribution & Marketing (20) (Semester 2)
- QXP-3093: Experimental Writing (20) (Semester 2)
- LXF-3106: French Cinema since 1960 (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3157: Documentary Filmmaking (20) (Semester 2)
- UXS-3401: Practical Journalism: ELD (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3800: Game Design 3 (20) (Semester 1)
- UXS-3801: Game Production (20) (Semester 2)